Beijing Ducks

The team was formerly known as the Beijing Jinyu Ducks or Beijing Jinyu (北京金隅, běijīng jīnyü). The name change was due to a change in corporate sponsorship. This organization should not be confused with the Beijing Olympians, a different club, which was founded in 1955.

For at least part of the

The Beijing Ducks were initially formed as the Beijing Men's Basketball Team in 1956. In October of that same year, the National Basketball League's season was held in Chongqing. Beijing's club, with only 7 players registered on its roster, won the championship of that NBL edition. The team managed a third-place finish in the same competition when the tournament was held in Hangzhou in 1961.^{[citation needed]}

In 1988, the club was first sponsored by the

The club had a formidable frontcourt duo in the early days of CBA competition with Mengke Bateer, who debuted for Beijing at the age of 18, and Shan Tao, who was considered to be one of the top Chinese centers at that time. The two helped the Ducks to a third-place finish in the team's CBA debut season.^{[citation needed]}

During the

Beijing started the 2011–12 season with a 13-game winning streak, and eventually finished second in the regular season. The club then advanced to its first CBA Finals match-up, thanks largely to the play of former NBA All-Star Stephon Marbury. They won their first CBA title by defeating the Guangdong Southern Tigers 4 games to 1. The Ducks are the first-ever CBA team to earn the title without any previous trips to the CBA Finals, as well as the league's fourth different club to win a championship.

After being eliminated in the Semi-Finals of the

• Chinese Basketball Association

Champions (3):

2014–15

Beijing Ducks roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age C/SF 0 Richard Solomon 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 32 – (1992-06-18)18 June 1992 PG 1 Chen Ying-chun 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 31 – (1993-06-09)9 June 1993 G 5 Eugene German 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 27 – (1997-12-02)2 December 1997 G 6 Jiang Wen 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 29 – (1996-01-22)22 January 1996 SF 7 Fanbo Zeng 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 22 – (2003-01-11)11 January 2003 G 8 Fang Shuo 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 34 – (1990-09-07)7 September 1990 G/F 9 Lei Meng 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 29 – (1995-08-04)4 August 1995 SG 10 Zhi Chuang 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 21 – (2003-09-20)20 September 2003 G 11 Sun Yahui 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 21 – (2004-01-07)7 January 2004 F 12 Fan Yiming 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 23 – (2001-10-20)20 October 2001 PF 13 Zhu Yanxi 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 114 kg (251 lb) 34 – (1990-05-25)25 May 1990 G/F 16 Zhang Cairen 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 30 – (1995-01-01)1 January 1995 PF/C 17 Fan Ziming 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 118 kg (260 lb) 26 – (1998-04-29)29 April 1998 C 19 Taruike Jianiyou 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 27 – (1998-03-17)17 March 1998 SF 20 Zhai Xiaochuan (C) 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 32 – (1993-03-24)24 March 1993 SF 21 Nuni Omot 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 30 – (1994-10-03)3 October 1994 SF 23 Wen Song 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 24 – (2001-02-07)7 February 2001 SG 25 Tian Yuxiang 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 32 – (1992-08-17)17 August 1992 C 27 Zhou Qi 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 29 – (1996-01-16)16 January 1996 F 28 Zhang Penghui 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 20 – (2005-03-17)17 March 2005 F 33 Ji Shoujia 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 22 – (2003-03-13)13 March 2003 F 81 Jin Yipeng 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 21 – (2003-11-24)24 November 2003	Head coach Xu Limin Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 1 December 2024

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.

• Yannis Christopoulos: (2017–2020, 2021–2022)
• Charis Markopoulos: (assistant, 2017–2022)

• My Other Home, a 2017 film starring Stephon Marbury, based on Beijing Ducks' 2011–12 CBA championship run

• Team profile (in Chinese)
• Club profile(in Chinese)
• Beijing Ducks on Weibo.com (in Chinese)